Performance Indicates Animal State of Being: A Cinderella Axiom?1

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-583

  Curtis, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal feelings; Animal performance; Animal state of being; Animal welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649109610     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31027-5     Document Type: Note

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